Archive for May, 2010

UFC middleweight contender Vitor Belfort has been out of action since early February when he underwent shoulder surgery that forced him out of his title fight with current champ Anderson Silva at ‘UFC 112: Invincible.’ As a result of Belfort’s absence, we got the terrible Silva-Maia fight. Belfort has been recovering and will likely be back in action in November, according to his manager. Fabiano Farah, Belfort’s representative, told MMAjunkie.com that the fighter will not get a warm-up fight before he vies for the 185-pound belt. “Vitor will be in absolute physical condition to return to the octagon and fight [...]

Tim Silvia will fight 5-time world’s strongest man champion. Mariusz Pudzianowski, on Friday night in Mass. the Moosin: God of Martial Arts event will air live on pay-per-view. Silvia was approached with the fight and was quick to accept it. Even though Pudzianowski holds multiple world’s strongest man titles, Sylvia, a 2-time UFC champ, says MMA is a whole other animal. “I think he might think he’s better than he is,” Sylvia said. “A lot people are Monday morning quarterback types. They see the sport and say, ‘I’m a tough guy. I can do that.’ In his case it’s, ‘I’m [...]

Check out the video: Fabricio Werdum interview Fabricio Werdum made it clear that his extensive preparation and fighting tools are the right mix to takedown Fedor Emelianenko. The two will step into the octagon on June 26th in San Jose California. Although Werdum has proven himself a formidable opponent for any man, Fedor is not just any other fighter, he’s possibly the greatest, most diverse fighter there has ever been. Take one look at his lengthy career and the manner in which he has beaten his opponents, no other heavyweight has been nearly as successful as he has. Don’t get [...]

World Extreme Cagefighting has decided to part ways with their longtime cage announcer Joe Martinez. Martinez is also the announcer for Golden Boy’s weekly Spanish production “Solo Boxeo Tecate.” His other commitments played a part in the depature from the WEC. “I was more than willing to work around the possible conflicts,” said Martinez. “But another main factor was my work within other areas of combat sports. While I do not feel my association with a Spanish-language boxing production has any crossover, it appears to have been a big issue.” Martinez was absent from the WEC’s most recent event, “WEC [...]

The “New York Bad Ass” Phil Baroni will be fighting for his roster spot in the Ultimate Fighting Championship at UFC 118, which will take place in August as the UFC’s first trip to Boston, Massachusetts. MMAjunkie.com reported that sources close to Baroni has said the welterweight brawler has verbally agreed to be a part of the card, but no opponent has been determined at this time. Baroni is a disappointing 3-6 during his stints with the promotion and a mediocre 13-12 overall. He is coming off of two consecutive losses to Joe Riggs and Amir Sadollah. UFC 118 is [...]

One of Strikeforce’s top lightweight prospects, Lyle “Fancy Pants” Beerbohm, advanced his record to an impressive 14-0 at this past weekend’s ‘Strikeforce: Heavy Artillery’ event. Fancy Pants earned a split decision win over Shaolin Ribeiro (20-4). The decision was very controversial, but due to poor production and time management by the Strikeforce organization fans were not able to see the fight. The fight was not even available on the Strikeforce website. Strikeforce missed a golden opportunity to show the bout with a half hour remaining in their broadcast. They opted to end without showing any preliminary bouts. Fancy Pants could [...]

Strikeforce women’s middleweight champion Cris Cyborg learned that her next title defense would be against veteran fighter Jan Finney at a June 26th event in San Jose, California that is being co-promoted by Strikeforce and M-1 Global. The news was first confirmed by a report on MMAJunkie.com. Cyborg (9-1) has not tasted defeat since she dropped her MMA debut in 2005. Since entering Strikeforce, Cyborg has dominated her competition — winning all three fights in the organization by way of TKO. The challenger, Finney, will enter the cage with a mediocre record of 8-7. Finney has faced some of the [...]

‘UFC Primetime: Rampage vs. Evans’ scored the highest ratings of any countdown show and was became on of Spike TV’s highest rated shows. The three-part series highlights the two fighters — Rampage Jackson and Rashad Evans — as they prepare for their long-awaited bout in the octagon. We won’t have to wait much longer to see the two rivals face off. UFC 114 takes place on May 29th at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. The event will be co-headlined by a middleweight match between Dan Miller and Michael Bisping and will air live on pay-per view. Here [...]

In a nutshell.Heavy Artillery was an action packed event, here are the results of the fight card: Overeem V Rogers Allstair Overeem pummeled Brett Rogers into a TKO in the first round of his title defense . Silva V Arlovski: In a make or break fight for Arlovski, he found himself on the losing side of the spilt decision against Antonio ” Bigfoot” Silva. Silva landed the majority of strikes in the first round, however Arlovski did open him up in the second. With about one minute to go in the fight, Silva scored a take down but was unable [...]

The Strikeforce organization showcases the heavyweights tonight at the Scottrade Center  in St. Louis, Missouri. ‘Strikeforce: Heavy Artillery’ will be broadcast live on Showtime and features a heavyweight title fight between champion Alistair Overeem and Brett Rogers. Overeem (32-11, 1 NC) has not tasted defeat since September of 2007, while the challenger Rogers (10-1) is coming off of the first loss of his career after being knocked out by top-ranked heavyweight Fedor Emelianenko. Also on the card is a heavyweight battle between Andrei Arlovski and Antonio Silva. ‘Strikeforce: Heavy Artillery’ also features: Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza, Roger Gracie, Joey Villasenor, Kevin [...]